The Home Circle | AdventAI

International Tract and Missionary Society · Oakland, California · Mar 24, 1887

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 13, No. 12.

The Home Circle.

A TWILIGHT THOUGHT.

"When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained; what is man, that thou art mindful of him?" Ps. 8:3, 4.

I took a walk out in the field at twilight's dewy hour, And viewed the scenes which nature sketched with more than magic power. A solemn hush was in the air, the song-birds were at rest, And a thousand gorgeous sunset hues were glowing in the west.

These faded soon, and in the sky, so deeply, darkly blue, The moon in her bright majesty crept slowly into view. And as I, soul-enraptured, her beauty gazed upon, The stars, to hail their glorious queen, assembled one by one.

And then the quiet twilight scene put on the garb of night, And the vast area above was all ablaze with light. The milky way glowed softly white and mingled with the blue, Above which glowed a million suns that mortals may not view.

I felt a sense of littleness I ne'er had felt before. "Oh, what is mortal man?" I thought—"a feeble worm, no more! A million worlds above us shine to mortals here unknown, Each in itself a moving world, and greater than our own."

Yet he who thus displays to us his wondrous power and skill, From day to day, as time flies on, is mindful of us still. Teach me, O God, while pondering thy glorious works above, To thank thee with an humble heart for all thy grace and love. —Selected.